You Might be a Martial Artist if…

I looked down at my truck console and realized that, if Nick Stokes and Sara Sidle found my truck abandoned in the desert, they would have no trouble figuring out what my “hobby” is.

Then again (it’s been there so long that it has faded into the background and I don’t even notice it) there’s a giant decal on the back window that would make the contents of the console insignificant.

Friends and family are painfully aware of my love/obsession with martial arts and self defense. For example, during movies and TV shows, my wife tells me to stop critiquing the fight sequences and poor decisions of the main characters. She and my daughter are sick and tired of me pointing to the screen and saying things like, “If that ever happens to you, what you should do is…” It’s important for martial artists to remember that not everything is a teachable moment, and that sometimes less is more.